Having taken many samples from field recordings and traditional gospel songs, I think that the presence of these lyrics isn't as simple as "he said/she said" interpretation.
Different versions of these lyrics can be found going back through African American history, taking root in gospel, blues, and oral tradition.
In Zora Neale Hurston's 1937 novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God," the main character, coloured Janie Crawford, alludes to these lyrics with her spoken line, "Some of dese mornin's and it won't be long, you gointuh wake up callin' me and Ah'll be gone."
I was reading the book and stopped and thought, "That's a Moby song!" So I dug a bit deeper.
So a song that seems a simple electronic number by a tiny little white guy carries the weight of a nation struggling to free itself from slavery.
Having taken many samples from field recordings and traditional gospel songs, I think that the presence of these lyrics isn't as simple as "he said/she said" interpretation.
Different versions of these lyrics can be found going back through African American history, taking root in gospel, blues, and oral tradition.
In Zora Neale Hurston's 1937 novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God," the main character, coloured Janie Crawford, alludes to these lyrics with her spoken line, "Some of dese mornin's and it won't be long, you gointuh wake up callin' me and Ah'll be gone."
I was reading the book and stopped and thought, "That's a Moby song!" So I dug a bit deeper.
So a song that seems a simple electronic number by a tiny little white guy carries the weight of a nation struggling to free itself from slavery.
My exact reaction, I wrote the song lyrics in the book ; ).
My exact reaction, I wrote the song lyrics in the book ; ).
I really think it is not only possible, but given Moby's history, likely.
I really think it is not only possible, but given Moby's history, likely.